The meaning of the term “migrant” can be broadly applied to anyone who is from a region other than the one in which they reside, according to Emily Hoffman, collaborative educational services director of the Massachusetts Migrant Education Program.
Opinions, Column
Versus Reality: The American Dream
“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” is the first sentence I thought to myself as I landed in Boston for the first time. I thought I was being funny, seeing as I never owned a pet nor did I ever really think of Kansas as a home that I could click…
News, Off Campus, Top Story
“Only Things I Want Are a Haircut And an Education”: Travel Restrictions Threaten International Students, Faculties’ Arrival
A combination of travel bans and immigration restrictions imposed by the Trump administration in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic is making it unlikely that international faculty and students will be able travel to the United States in time for the start of the fall semester.
News
BC Law Graduate Speaks On Immigration
The Center for Human Rights and International Justice hosted Staff Attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Dan McFadden, BC Law ’09, at a luncheon on Thursday.
Metro, Boston
Boston Trust Act Amendments Argued at City Hall
A city ordinance was filed on Thursday to amend the Boston Trust Act, which states that the Boston Police Department (BPD) cannot help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrest someone based on their immigration status.
Boston, Metro
Anti-Sanctuary State Ballot Measure Deemed Constitutional
A proposed question for the 2020 Massachusetts ballot that would allow police to work with federal immigration authorities and detain undocumented immigrants passed a major qualifying challenge on Wednesday after Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey deemed the proposal constitutional. The ballot question is an anti-“sanctuary state” proposal. In sanctuary cities and states, local law enforcement…
News, On Campus
Wrongly Deported Immigrant Discusses How BC Law Alum Helped Bring Him Home
Wilmer García and the lawyers who helped bring him back to the U.S. discussed his deportation and the legal process involved in his return on Wednesday.
On Campus, News
Professors Debate Over Immigration, Border Wall
Kari Hong, assistant professor at Boston College Law School, and Peter Skerry, a political science professor at BC, sat down on Thursday for a debate on whether a wall should be constructed along the United States-Mexico border.
On Campus, News
Hoffman Speaks on Intersections Between Healthcare, Immigration
Beatrix Hoffman came to Boston College to discuss the intersectionality of immigration and health care on Thursday, particularly regarding unauthorized immigration within the United States
Features
Gabrielle Oliveira Tells the Stories Between the Statistics
“She’s brought a much-needed visibility to anthropology as a sort of important field that attunes us in education around the people and movement in the context … of all the work we do,” said John Wargo.
